Strong States, Weak Schools: The Benefits and Dilemmas of Centralized Accountability

by Bruce Fuller

Why are governments pushing to centrally regulate teaching and learning at this historical moment? Do these accountability mechanisms succeed in boosting student achievement? How are teachers responding to top-down rules, incentives, and the recasting of what knowledge counts inside school? This book answers these questions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846639107
• ISBN13: 9781846639104
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"